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On 2022-02-26 05:07-0600 Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Ramces Tampo-og Red wrote: |
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> > Hello list, |
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> > I'm a sort-of newbie gentoo user and I just wanted to ask if |
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> > what I'm thinking is possible or if I'm just being stupid. But |
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> > either way, I was wondering if it is possible to export a list of |
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> > all installed software in emerge and use that to recreate on |
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> > another gentoo install. |
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> > I have a bunch of PCs that are all similarly specced and I |
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> > wanted to create a minimal install "template" for all of them. If |
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> > not, would it be possible to pipe-in to emerge from stdin an output |
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> > of all of the package names that I wanted it to emerge? |
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> > I'm really sorry if this might be a stupid question. I'd |
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> > appreciate any guidance in the matter. |
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> > Cheers! |
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> > |
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> There is a file that contains all the packages you have installed. It |
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> is located here: |
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> /var/lib/portage/world |
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> One could copy that file to another system and do a emerge @world to |
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> install the same list of packages. Depending on what all you have |
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> installed, it could confuse emerge and not be doable. In the past, I |
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> had a copy of the file and I emerged them a few at a time. It's worth |
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> trying by just coping the file tho. It just might work. |
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It is safer to copy the world file to /etc/portage/sets/¹ and then |
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emerge the set. This way portage won't think that the packages are |
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already installed. So you could copy it to |
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/etc/portage/sets/minimal-install and install it with emerge -a |
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@minimal-install. |
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Kind regards, tastytea |
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¹ <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/sets> |
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